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Gary continued with his mini lecture. “Currently, Mars represents a self-sufficient economy, more or less. It's a sustainable one, in fact. On the other hand, its interplanetary trade with the rest of the Solar System is flourishing because diversity is sought after. Export is prevalent, for obvious reasons.
“Most of its fresh organic produce is being marketed as premium goods or luxury items both on Earth and the ISS. Transportation costs are quite high though. Nevertheless, good quality is worth the price; you'll see it for yourselves too.
“As you know, at present, Earth's economy's declining steadily, due mainly to the mismanagement and exploitation carried out by Dixon's administration previously. Hence, millions of people wanted to emigrate and go either to the ISS or Mars. The
